Dan Bromley (62) leads the
pack during the AFT
AdventureTracker Main Event
during Round 11 in Sturgis
Tuesday night. [Photo:
American Flat Track/Tim Lester]
Bromley grabbed the holeshot and
subsequently used every bit of
leverage his lanky frame
provided to throw the 500-pound
Suzuki Dual Adventure bike
underneath him around the
1/5-mile Short Track en route to
a convincing victory.
Second-place went to Monday
winner Jesse Janisch
(No. 33
WFOracingonline.com/Öhlins
Harley-Davidson Pan America
1250), who was forced to fight
his way out of a huge pack
tussling for second. But by the
time he did, Bromley was long
gone.
As a result, the two are now
tied after trading 2-1 and 1-2
finishes at the Jackpine Gypsies
Short Track as the four-race
series hits its halfway point.
Race winner Bromley said, “I put
that bad boy in low gear and
just put it on the bottom.
Yesterday, I led the Main Event
and Jesse got by me. When he
passed me, I was like, ‘How did
he do that? He passed me so fast
on the inside…’ And I was like,
‘Oh wait, we’ve got front
brakes!’ So today I remembered
to use it, and it worked out
good.”
Outside of Janisch,
Austin Luczak (No. 188
Memphis Shades/Black Hills
Powersports Honda Africa Twin)
succeeded in keeping that big
group of heavy hitters corralled
behind him to earn his maiden
Progressive AFT podium finish.
Daytona 200 legend Danny
Eslick (No. 164
Saddlemen Harley-Davidson Pan
America 1250) finished fourth
with the heavily decorated
Henry Wiles
(No. 911 Walter Bros.
Harley-Davidson Pan America
1250) taking the last spot in
the top five.
AFT Singles presented by
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Feeling under the weather and
confronted with a tight and
physical racetrack, Tom
Drane (No. 59 Estenson
Racing Yamaha YZ450F) was forced
to dig deep on Tuesday night.
And in doing so, he left his
AFT Singles presented by
KICKER title rivals in
an even deeper hole with just
five rounds remaining to
determine the season’s
championship.
Rookie hero Kage Tadman
(No. 288 Roof Systems/Old Oak
Ranch KTM 450 SX-F) jumped out
to the early advantage and held
down first for the opening
couple of minutes. Monday winner
Chase Saathoff
(No. 88 RWR/Parts Plus Honda
CRF450R) then stole the
momentum, first slinging around
the outside of Drane to grab
second and then using the same
line to storm past Tadman for
the lead.
Saathoff threatened to shake
free at that point. Drane,
however, wasn’t willing to give
up, diving under Tadman and then
reeling in his rival at the
front. The Estenson Racing star
snuck under the RWR pilot with
just 30 seconds left on the
clock, timing the strike just as
they came upon lapped traffic.
The Australian successfully
maneuvered through the slower
riders to score his fourth
victory in the most recent six
races.
Despite having very little voice
with which to speak, Drane said,
“That race was pretty tough at
the start. I can’t thank my
whole team enough for all the
effort they’ve been putting in.
And we’ve been training hard
back home to make sure we had
the pace we needed at the end of
the race to come back through.”
Runner-up Saathoff finished just
0.230 seconds back, while Tadman
settled into a lonely third to
claim the fourth podium of his
spectacular rookie season.
Chad Cose (No.
49 1st Impressions Race Team
Husqvarna FC450) finished
fourth, while Trevor
Brunner (No. 21
American Honda/Mission Foods
CRF450R) rounded out the top
five after breaking free of a
huge 10-plus-rider pack late.
Following 11 of 16 races, Drane
leads Saathoff 214-191. Brunner
is third at 164, while
Tarren Santero (No. 75
Mission Roof Systems Honda
CRF450R) is the only other rider
within even 100 points of Drane
at 118.
Next Up:
The third Progressive AFT round
in five days featured at this
year’s 85th Sturgis
Motorcycle Rally will
take place on Friday, August 8,
with the Jackpine
Gypsies Super TT.
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